Multi-Stage Deformation in the Nallamalai Fold Belt, Cuddapah Basin, South India - Implications for Mesoproterozoic Tectonism Along Southeastern Margin of India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 701-719

  Saha, Dilip ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cuddapah basin; Eastern Ghats; Multiple deformation; Nallamalai Fold Belt; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FOLD BELT; FOLIATION; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; LINEATION; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONICS;

ANDHRA PRADESH; CUDDAPAH BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 0242360958     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70639-0     Document Type: Article

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